You’re most certainly ready to buy your first car, or, you want to buy a new car but you don’t really know which model to go for. While doing your second-hand car searches you have most certainly discovered that the Ford Ranger of “companies” are much cheaper to buy and appears to be an appealing option. Nevertheless, these Ford Ranger only have 2 seats and will therefore involve a transformation to allow you to enjoy them like a classic car. We are going to discover in this content how to convert a 2-seater Ford Ranger into a 5-seater , to accomplish this, first, we will make an overview of the main key guidelines that must be taken, then, we will discover what are the modifications to be done on the vehicle, then in a second step, what are the administrative steps to be taken to complete the conversion of your Ford Ranger company into a 5-seater.

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The main key guidelines to convert a Ford Ranger 2-seater into a 5-seater

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Here is the list of the main lines to respect if you want to to pass your Ford Ranger company or commercial in 5 places:

  • Fit the missing seats and seat belts.
  • Obtain the certificate of conformity from the manufacturer
  • Take his Ford Ranger to the roadworthiness assessment to have the changes checked
  • To run his car through mine control.
  • Notify your insurance company about the change in the car.

Modifications to be done on the car to convert a Ford Ranger 2-seater into a 5-seater

We will consequently start our content on the transformation of a Ford Ranger 2-seater into a 5-seater with the modifications to be executed directly on the vehicle to be able to allow it to be established as a Ford Ranger 5-seater.

Convert its Ford Ranger to 5 seaters alone

If you want to do the majority of the process on your own, you should know that it will be challenging. Indeed, the car companies make the transformation of the so-called “company”/commercial Ford Ranger easy only for the manufacturers, here are the explanations:

  • You will have to get a certificate of conformity, which will necessitate a visit to the vehicle by a professional.
  • Buy a complete kit to transform your Ford Ranger into a 5-seater (belts/seats)
  • Fit the kit according to the tightening standards (torque)

For all these reasons, it is much easier to contact an approved technical who will perform these actions in conformity with the manufacturer’s criteria.
If you still want to undertake the transformation of your new Ford Ranger on your own, contact the car breakdowns in your region to get the required parts and look for manufacturer information linked to the tightening and fitting of seats and belts.

Have the conversion done by a professional

If you want to convert your Ford Ranger 2-seater into a 5-seater at a professional, you have made the least complicated resolution. Surely, he will have a much simpler access to the parts catalogue and will be able to deliver you the certificate of conformity and will allow you to accomplish the following steps without the slightest pressure.

The administrative steps that should be adopted to convert a Ford Ranger into 5 places

Now that we have discovered the first technical steps in the transformation of a Ford Ranger 2-seater into a 5-seater, we will now take on the administrative stage.

The different steps to be performed in order to have one’s Ford Ranger 2 places authorized as a 5 places

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You will learn just below, the different steps to respect in order to be ok with the law to drive your Ford Ranger converted into 5 seats..:

  • After the changes done on your Ford Ranger, you have one month to make a change of car registration , so it will be important to follow all the steps quickly.
  • You have to bring the vehicle to pass the roadworthiness test , which is compulsory following a change on a vehicle.
  • Take the vehicle to the mine so that they can attest to the change in the number of seats in your Ford Ranger li>
  • Apply for a new car registration card at your prefecture

Price of the conversion of a Ford Rangerinto 5 places

Finally last part, to give you a good idea of the price that the passage of a Ford Ranger 2 seats to 5 seats can be, it is important to know that a kit seats plus installation will cost you at a dealer on average 2500 to 3500 euros and that it is crucial to add to that the technical control, the passage to the mine and the new car registration. So think well before buying your Ford Ranger company or commercial, whether it is financially interesting for you.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Ford Ranger, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Ranger category.